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HonoluluHawaiiwrote:

Use the HSA app for your smartphone as it gives traffic updates to the second. Google takes snapshots of the Earth and shows red areas where the traffic is clogged. Right now it shows Red from the Airport to Middle Street, H-1 West. Of course it won't help you if you were at ground zero. Probably 15 minute delay.

on August 10,2014 | 07:00PM

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Adam1105wrote:

Let's NOT be "uncool" and wear a helmet. Because heaven forbid that we go outside and reveal our "uncoolness." Don't you know that the world will come to an end if EVER we show the world that we're "uncool" and ride around with, omg, a helmet.

on August 11,2014 | 09:16AM

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inversewrote:

According to KHON it was a husband and wife, and the wife was the most seriously injured. Given where they crashed it is so wide open it is not likely they hit anything solid in their crash which is good. Had this rider and his passenger been wearing a full face helmet, minimal protective clothing like boots, gloves, ventilated jacket and pants with knee, elbow and shoulder padding, they both would have had a good chance of just walking away from this crash with just minor injuries or no injuries at all. Instead at least one is seriously injured, possibly with a concussion, broken bones and/or chunks of flesh torn from their limbs or even face.

on August 11,2014 | 10:28AM

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GONEGOLFINwrote:

Since we're acknowledging not wearing a helmet-lets see things from the other side of reasoning. For those who have never worn a full face helmet, what percentage of vision is reduced while wearing the helmet? What percentage of hearing is negated by wearing the helmet? What amount of flexiblilty is diminished by wearing a helmet? Im not saying you should not wear a helmet, but there are studies that have been done demonstrating your riding skills are reduced by wearing a helmet. Sometimes accidents happen while wearing a helmet that could have been avoided by not wearing 1. Just saying there is never 1 side to an arguement-

on August 11,2014 | 01:10PM

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inversewrote:

That is an old wives tale that modern full face helmets block necessary vision. Race car and motorcycle riders wear such helmets and have no problem with vision, even going over 200mph. Another fallacy is a helmet blocks hearing which might be relevant going 10-20mph however at freeway speeds of 60mph the sound of the wind blowing by an exposed ear and the sound of the motorcycle exhaust would drown out approaching cars from behind or on the side. If riders actually believe the arguments you provide on why not to wear a helmet, Darwinian forces would eventually weed them out, which is what happened in this case. Again, the studies you cite might be true for riders going around cones in a parking lot at 20-30 mph but at anything near freeway speeds of 50mph and greater, these studies would show helmets do not negatively impact hearing or vision needed to ride safely or avoid an accident. Also most of these street accidents are SINGLE vehicle accidents which means these riders messed up on their own; either someone on a sportbike stunting or riding crazy on the street or like this accident, an older "weekend warrior" harley type riders who just make rider error that almost cost them their life (without more info, it could have been mechanical error, but for a well builit motorcycle like a Harley, non likely)